5 Australian players who were unlucky to have not played more for their country

#1 Brad Hodge

Brad Hodge

This was the classic case of a player missing out on a fruitful international career for having been contemporaries of some of the greatest cricketers his country has ever produced. Brad Hodge was one of the most gifted domestic batsmen in Australia for a decade before he finally got a call-up to the national team in November 2005.

He made a polished 60 on debut but keeping hold of his place in that outstanding Australian side was always going to be a struggle and after playing 5 Test matches, the chop eventually came.

What made it all the more astonishing was the fact that he had already scored an unbeaten double hundred and was averaging in excess of 58. He did make it back into the side in 2008 and even though he scored 67 against the West Indies in Kingston, it proved to be his last Test outing.

He also played 25 ODIs and 15 T20s, but a thriving international career never came about, which is why it is often regarded as a tragic waste of talent. He ended up with a Test average of almost 56 in 6 Test matches.